Butoh & Taiko Workshop

Service Description

Thursday June 12th, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Lead Instructor: Young Park (RAW Artistic Director) This workshop will guide participants through an exploration of the internal worlds and senses of the body to generate taiko movement and sound, expressed using principles of Butoh. Butoh is a Japanese dance-theatre art form with a particular sensibility of embodying time, stillness, and uncovering emotion. Butoh and kumi-daiko (ensemble taiko) emerged around the same time period in post-war 1950s & 60s and in both forms, originators were seeking to stretch out of the understood and the traditional. "Butoh is a response to some connection or emotional place inside the mover, who creates the external form" (Sara Zalek). Using Butoh movement exercises, workshop participants will explore and experience their individual physical and emotional journey to the drums. Pre-requisite: Solid foundation of prior movement experience (sports, martial arts, dance, yoga, theatre, etc.) No taiko experience required. Cost: Sliding Scale $30-$50 + HST